La vraye science de la pourtraicture descrite et demontrée / Par maistre Jean Cousin.
40 leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 19 x 25 cm (oblong 4to)
Cousin, Jehan, approximately 1522-approximately 1593.
Added title-page with decorative border: Livre de pourtraicture.; Originally published in 1571 or 1595 (opinions differ).; Another work based on this, L'art de dessiner', uses some of the same woodcuts (some in reverse) but text differs.; Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: S. Finch. Note: Binding: Original paper wrappers, stitched. MS annotations in French on fol. 40r. Presentation inscription on engraved t.p.: "Barbara Sleigh [possibly 1906-82, children's author], Feb. 26. 1923. From Gaggie."
Anatomy, Artistic; Human figure in art; Drawing - Technique; Art - Technique; Physiognomy; Physiognomy in art; Perspective
Choulant, L. Hist. and bibl. of anatomic illustration (1945), p. 359
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